Folk Music Venues in Ireland
The Courthouse Arts Centre
Wicklow’s longest established professional Arts Venue for music, theatre, visual art, film, literature, comedy, and dance.
Phone: 0402 38529
Address: Dwyer Square, Ballinacor, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
Area/Nearest station: Tinahely
The Courtyard Theatre
Newtownabbey is bursting at the seams with arts and entertainment at both the newly opened Theatre at The Mill and The Courtyard Theatre at Ballyearl.
Phone: 028 9034 0202
Address: Doagh Road, Newtownabbey
Postcode: BT36 5RZ
Area/Nearest station: Newtownabbey, nr Belfast
The DC Music Club
DC Music Club is an intimate 100 seat venue with pristine sound. Sign up to musiclee.ie to receive advance notification & reduced price booking. Venue for Musiclee events.
Phone: +353 87 682 5306
Address: 20 Camden Row, Dublin 2
Postcode: Dublin 2
Area/Nearest station: Dublin
The Deer´s Head
The Deer’s Head was founded by Wine & Spirit Merchant, John Donnelly, in 1885. At that time, there were 12 pubs and 4 spirit dealers operating on this street. Today, only The Deer’s Head remains. We a…
Phone: 02890434655
Address: 1-3, Lower Garfield Street, Belfast
Postcode: BT1 1FP
Area/Nearest station: Belfast
The Dock
The Dock is a multidisciplinary Arts Centre in Carrick-on-Shannon on the banks of the majestic river Shannon in Co Leitrim.
Phone: 071 965 0828
Address: St. George’s Terrace, Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
Area/Nearest station: Carrick-On-Shannon
The Dufferin Coaching Inn and Arms
Bar, live music, 17th Century Dining Hall
Phone: 028 4482 1182
Address: 33 High Street, Killyleagh, County Down
Postcode: BT30 9QF
The Fumbally Stables
The Stables is closely connected to the Fumbally Café, it is a natural extension of what we do. It has become somewhere for us to develop ideas and learn and to pass this knowledge on to others. T…
Phone: 01 529 8732
Address: 4 Fumbally Lane, Dublin
Postcode: Dublin 8
Area/Nearest station: Dublin 8
The Gallery Folk Club
Folk Club.
Address: 110 Dundrum Rd, Newcastle, Co. Down.
Postcode: BT33 0LN
Area/Nearest station: Newcastle
The Grand Social
The Grand Social, Dublin citys thriving live music venue. We have carved a superb reputation as a venue with fantastic facilities for Musicians, Performers, DJ’s and audiences. Launched in Septemb…
Phone: 018740076
Address: 35 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1
Area/Nearest station: Dublin 1
The Hot Spot
Located above the beach house at Greystones harbour marina, the Hot Spot Music Club is a centre for live arts, music gigs & private gatherings. The Hot Spot Music Club specialises in those acts t…
Phone: 087-2917519
Address: Harbour Lodge, Bayswater Terrace, Cliff Rd, Greystones, Co. Wicklow
The Chapel, Griffith College
The college´s historic chapel is transformed into a performance space for an evening of spoken word, music and visual art.
Phone: +353 21 450 7027
Address: Wellington Road, Cork
Area/Nearest station: Cork
The John Hewitt
The John Hewitt Pub, located in the Cathedral Quarter, right in the centre of Belfast, is one of the most famous Pubs in the Country.
Address: 51 Donegall Street, Belfast
Postcode: BT1 2FH
Area/Nearest station: Belfast
The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre
In an all year round programme, we present the best in arts performances, activities, and entertainment with something to suit everyone´s taste. From top quality drama to comedy nights, from childr…
Phone: 028 3752 1821
Address: Market Street, Armagh City, Co. Armagh, Norther Ireland
Postcode: BT61 7BW
Area/Nearest station: Armagh
The Model
The Model, home of The Niland Collection, is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary arts centres. Built in 1862 as a Model School, the present building has been extended twice. The first extension was …
Phone: +353 (0) 71 914 1405
Address: The Mall, Sligo, Ireland
Area/Nearest station: Sligo
The Oar Bar
A pub with great live musicin Crosshaven, Cork. Friday nights are Folky Fridays
Address: 1 Lower Rd, Knocknagore, Crosshaven, Co. Cork
Area/Nearest station: Crosshaven
The Old Church Centre, Cushendon
The village of Cushendun in the Glens of Antrim is home to the Old Church Centre, a unique space dedicated to heritage, arts, and community. Nestled in an area of outstanding natural beauty, the Centr…
Address: 1 Church Lane, Cushendun, Co Antrim
Postcode: BT44 0PG
Area/Nearest station: Cushendun
The Playhouse Theatre
The Award Winning Playhouse Theatre has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading Award Winning multi-disciplinary Community Art Resource Centres based on a neutral site with the city centre. It is a s…
Phone: 028 71 268027
Address: 5-7 Artillery St, Derry / Londonderry
Postcode: BT48 6RG
Area/Nearest station: Londonderry
The Portico of Ards
Portico is a multi-purpose venue for everyone to use. It hosts cultural, educational and heritage events and activities including film shows, concerts, exhibitions, literary events, talks and much mor…
Phone: 028 4272 8808
Address: Steel Dickson Avenue, Portaferry, County Down
Postcode: BT22 1LE
Area/Nearest station: Portico
The Presentation Centre
Situated on the site of the former Presentation Convent, this modern new facility has been sensitively re-developed and retains all the wonderful features of the former chapel including original stain…
Phone: 0539233000
Address: Convent Road, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
Postcode: Y21 X889
Area/Nearest station: Enniscorthy
The Quays Bar
The Quays Galway is situated in the heart of the City, hosts live music everyday and offers a fantastic Galway live entertainment. Joins us today and find out whats on in Galway!
Phone: +353 91 568 347
Address: 11 Quay Street, Galway, Co. Galway
Area/Nearest station: Galway City Centre
The Rostrevor Inn
Rostrevor is famed for its musicians, including some of Ireland’s finest folk and traditional artists. Most feature at the Rostrevor Inn some time during the week. From 7.30pm on Fridays we have a…
Phone: 028 4173 9911
Address: 33-35 Bridge St, Rostrevor, Co Down
Postcode: BT34 3BG
Area/Nearest station: Rostrevor
The Roundy
The Roundy Bar is located in the oldest area of Cork and within one of the oldest buildings in Cork. The building is as old as Cork itself. It may be hard to imagine, while you’re sitting outside on t…
Phone: 021 422 2202
Address: 1 Castle Street, Cork
Area/Nearest station: Cork
The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre
The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre is a multi-disciplinary Arts Centre, which aims to develop and maintain Arts & Cultural activities in rural Fingal. The SEAC runs year round activities including Concerts,…
Phone: +353 (0)1 802 0898
Address: Naul Village, Co. Dublin
Postcode: K32 AY27
Area/Nearest station: Naul
The SSE Arena
The SSE Arena, Belfast is Northern Ireland´s Premier Entertainment Venue and Home of the Stena Line Belfast Giants.
Phone: 028 9073 9074
Address: 2 Queens Quay, Belfast
Postcode: BT3 9QQ
Area/Nearest station: Titanic Quarter
The Sugar Club
“It´s a venue to die for. Wood panelled walls, plush banquette seating and a pristine sound system render the rest of Dublin´s night-life cruddy in comparison.“ The Irish Times After opening in 1963 …
Phone: +353 1 678 7188
Address: 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2
Postcode: Dublin 2
Area/Nearest station: St. Stephen´s Green
The Sunflower Public House
Sunflower Public House opened in December 2012 on the corner of Kent Street and Union Street, a site on which a public house has stood for over 100 years. It is right behind Belfast Central Library an…
Phone: 028 9023 2474
Address: 65 Union Street, Belfast
Postcode: BT1 2JG
Area/Nearest station: Central Belfast
The Venue, Clonakilty
The Venue is Clonakilty´s biggest and best nightclub and late bar. Open late every Friday and Saturday Night in O´Donovan´s Hotel.Click Like for the latest updates and the chance to win the occasional…
Phone: +353 23 883 3250
Address: O´Donovans Hotel, Pearse Street, Clonakilty, Cork,
Postcode: P85 V205, Ireland
Area/Nearest station: Clonakilty
The Wild Duck
We welcome visitors from near and far to experience exceptional food, friendly welcoming staff and a great atmosphere. We offer great food and cater for weddings, special events and everything in betw…
Phone: 02825821232
Address: 93 Main St, Portglenone, Ballymena
Postcode: BT44 8HR
Area/Nearest station: Ballymena
The Workmans Club
From a riotous Cillian Murphy DJ set and Villagers live album recording to a Jimi Hendrix film shoot with Andre 3000 and Royal Blood’s barnstorming first Irish gig, we’ve seen a whole heap of rock ‘n’…
Phone: + 353 (0) 1 670 6692
Address: 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin
Postcode: Dublin 2
Area/Nearest station: Dublin 2
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
The Town Hall Theatre Galway incorporates the state of the art 400-seater Main Auditorium and the 52-seater Studio Space at Courthouse Square, and the nearby, multi-purpose Black Box performance space…
Phone: 091-569777
Address: Courthouse Square, Galway, Ireland.
Area/Nearest station: Galway
